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NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 4 NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit
setting? - ANSWERS--a. "Hitting me when you are angry is
unacceptable."
Which activity is most appropriate for a child with ADHD? -
ANSWERS--d. Tennis
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old
patient in therapy reports to the nurse practitioner: - ANSWERS--b. "I
thought that everyone at school hated me. That's not true. Most
people like me and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to
determine a teenager's mental health resilience? Select all that
apply. - ANSWERS--a. "How did you cope when your father deployed
with the Army for a year in Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a
year in Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
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Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young
children who demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness?
Select all that apply. - ANSWERS--a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion
and restraint. Order the following interventions from least (1) to
most (5) restrictive: - ANSWERS--(1) a. With the patient, identify the
behaviors that are unacceptable and consequences associated with
harmful behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her
room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of
community-based resources and providers, and there are long
waiting lists for services. This has resulted in: Select all that apply. -
ANSWERS--a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being
underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from
his parents' home due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse
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that he considers the woman next door his "nice" mom, that he loves
school, and gets above average grades. The strongest explanation of
this response is: - ANSWERS--c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been
getting more and more wound up and is losing self-control in the day
room. Time-out does not appear to be an effective tool for April to
engage in self-reflection. April's mother admits to putting her in
time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that: -
ANSWERS--b. Time-out is no longer an effective therapeutic
measure.
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with
undeveloped emotional regulation and poor tolerance for
frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually increases over
the course of adolescence due to: - ANSWERS--b. Cerebellum
maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal
phase of schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - ANSWERS--a. Always
afraid that others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for
addressing a population at high risk for developing schizophrenia?
Select all that apply. - ANSWERS--a. Screening 15- to 25-year-olds for
early symptoms.
NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 4 NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit
setting? - ANSWERS--a. "Hitting me when you are angry is
unacceptable."
Which activity is most appropriate for a child with ADHD? -
ANSWERS--d. Tennis
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old
patient in therapy reports to the nurse practitioner: - ANSWERS--b. "I
thought that everyone at school hated me. That's not true. Most
people like me and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to
determine a teenager's mental health resilience? Select all that
apply. - ANSWERS--a. "How did you cope when your father deployed
with the Army for a year in Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a
year in Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
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Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young
children who demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness?
Select all that apply. - ANSWERS--a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion
and restraint. Order the following interventions from least (1) to
most (5) restrictive: - ANSWERS--(1) a. With the patient, identify the
behaviors that are unacceptable and consequences associated with
harmful behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her
room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of
community-based resources and providers, and there are long
waiting lists for services. This has resulted in: Select all that apply. -
ANSWERS--a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being
underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from
his parents' home due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse
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that he considers the woman next door his "nice" mom, that he loves
school, and gets above average grades. The strongest explanation of
this response is: - ANSWERS--c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been
getting more and more wound up and is losing self-control in the day
room. Time-out does not appear to be an effective tool for April to
engage in self-reflection. April's mother admits to putting her in
time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that: -
ANSWERS--b. Time-out is no longer an effective therapeutic
measure.
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with
undeveloped emotional regulation and poor tolerance for
frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually increases over
the course of adolescence due to: - ANSWERS--b. Cerebellum
maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal
phase of schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - ANSWERS--a. Always
afraid that others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for
addressing a population at high risk for developing schizophrenia?
Select all that apply. - ANSWERS--a. Screening 15- to 25-year-olds for
early symptoms.
